10/31/02 Okanogan County government in hands of voters - ballot offers real choices - Methow Valley News

10/31/02 Hood Canal project could result in expensive economic impacts, says assessment - KONP Radio

10/31/02 Conservation groups seek to restore gray wolf to Washington state - The Olympian

10/31/02 Coast Guard's Ferry Security Proposal - Constitutional questions raised about plan -Bremerton Sun

10/31/02 New budget eliminates 18 county jobs - Sequim Gazette

10/31/02 Keep trail off school grounds by Dan Ross, Sequim Gazette

NPS accused of pandering, harasssment -Wrangell St. Elias News

October 30, 2002

10/30/02 Write-in candidate's Web site highlights past court decisions-Bremerton Sun

10/30/02 WA State Supreme Court race has air of partisanship - AP

10/30/02 Controversial ruling heats up judicial race -Bremerton Sun

10/30/02 R-51: What accountability? EFF

10/30/02 Initiative 747 is Trimming Back Property Tax Increases - WA Policy Center, with comments by Tim Eyman

10/30/02 Washington takes next step in managing Columbia River - Petitioners want water rights, which would boost agriculture economy - Capital Press

10/30/02 Northwest rivers near record low flows - King 5 News

10/30/02 EPA offices flooded with public comments on Milltown Dam - Release date of agency's plan pushed back until end of year-The Missoulian

10/30/02 Biologists will track elusive squirrel for possible protection- The Oregonian

10/30/02 Suit: Conservation groups claim wildlife must take priority over farming in Klamath Basin refuges - The Oregonian

10/30/02 Klamath gates are no more -The Oregonian

10/30/02 Oust manufacturer sues for BLM data-Capital Press

10/30/02 Snohomish County, WA: Proposed changes pit builders, residents-Seattle Times

10/30/02 New Drinking Water Regulations Violate Constitution - CEI Joins Nebraska in Lawsuit Over Arsenic Rules

10/30/02 Federal appeals court: Government cannot revoke doctors' licenses for recommending marijuana - 9AM News, Denver

10/30/02 Tallahassee, FLA: Lawsuit filed against county charter - Suit says charter is vague; county says suit is bogus - Tallahassee Democrat

10/30/02 Canada's Big Brother to extend reach - Globe&Mail

10/30/02 United Europe - One President, One Army - khouse.org

10/30/02 WWF Launches Gold Standard For Kyoto Protocol Projects

10/30/02 Lawyers' Committee, Advocacy Groups Warn Election Officials Against Unlawfully Removing Voters from Registration Rolls

October 28, 2002

10/28/02 Parking plan for Hood Canal Bridge closure draws fire -Bremerton Sun

10/28/02 California Bans Recreational Fishing in Channel Islands

10/28/02 Dead zone off coast of Oregon explained -The Oregonian

10/28/02 Clark County, WA: Home Rule Charter would change county government - The Columbian

10/28/02 Less hiring on Main Street adds more drag to recovery -The Oregonian

10/28/02 Direct Democracy' has an off year; changes ahead? - AP

10/28/02 Living the outlaw life: Squatter: Living in the woods like it was nobody’s business by Claire Wolfe for Backwoods Home Magazine

10/28/02 Kalispell, Billings to vote on fluoridation - Missoulian News

10/28/02 Federal drug agents seize man's state-allowed medical marijuana -The Oregonian

10/28/02 Glenrose landowner grants conservation easement - Land trust will ensure seven acres is preserved -Spokesman-Review

10/28/02 Planners OK right of way for trails - The decision also preserves the former Southern Pacific railroad property for future rail service - Sacramento Bee

10/28/02 Rural life, city life: Course of development up for review Urban Growth Areas: Where should cities grow?; Many jurisdictions in process of reviewing urban development plans - The Olympian

10/28/02 Snohomish: 2 groups, 2 views of county's growth -Seattle Times

10/28/02 Gasoline use down in state, study says; group attributes per-capita decline to 'smart growth', others say it's due to poor economy - Seattle Times

10/28/02 Bainbridge Island, WA: City buys land for open space - Bremerton Sun

10/28/02 Education: Locke proposes WASL limits, catches education leaders off guard - Bremerton Sun

October 27, 2002

10/27/02 Peter Marshall Challenges Local Citizens - by Lois Perry

10/27/02 Author offers his theories on how salmon affect PUD rates

10/27/02 Report on "No Child Left Behind" from Education Watch organization

10/27/02 Lessons for children from world core curriculum: Kids choose the rules!

10/27/02 State Supreme Court restricts use of felony murder law -AP

10/27/02 Supreme Court’s Andress Case “Rewrites the Law,” says Alexander

10/27/02 Boeing issuing final batch of layoff notices — for now -Seattle Times

10/27/02 EFF President Offers $500 Reward - Challenges Ref. 51 proponent's claims

October 25, 2002

10/25/02 Canada: Wheat Board protest - Farmers 'want to go to jail in the worst way' - National Post

10/25/02 Poll shows 52 percent of voters rejecting R-51 package-News Tribune

10/25/02 I-776: This ugly stick will get Sound Transit's attention - Seattle Times

10/25/02 Washington State: Tribes jointly opposing high-court candidate -Seattle Times

10/25/02 Another business leaves Washington state: Idaho business climate praised - Spokesman-Review

10/25/02 Surging health costs draw ire - State workers will pay more, but less than many others - The Olympian

10/25/02 Port Angeles, WA: Court of Appeals Judges Hear Local Cases by Lois Perry, Citizen Review Online

10/25/02 Eyman's latest: Making tax hikes next to impossible - David Ammons, AP

10/25/02 Sequim, ex-chief hit with 2nd suit - PDN

10/25/02 E.U. Squabbles Over Money, Subsidies-7 a.m. News

October 23, 2002

10/23/02 U.N. conference to discuss implementation of Kyoto Protocol -ENN

10/23/02 Steve Alexander Unveils Supreme Power Website, Resource for Washington Voters

10/23/02 Property-rights groups will go to Supreme Court - King 5 News

10/23/02 Nature Conservancy goes underwater - CNN

10/23/02 Power council calls dams report inexact - Tri-City Herald

10/23/02 Tribe says 'no' to state on salmon - KONP Radio

10/23/02 WA: 1st District battle hinges on state budget -Everett Herald

10/23/02 State closes Hood Canal to most fishing -King 5 News

10/23/02 Nevada: Merlino, Beckett welcome FBI voter probe - County clerk believes investigation could last well beyond Nov. 5 general election - Pahrymp Valley Times

10/23/02 Arkansas: Republicans, Democrats Accuse Each Of Voter Irregularities - Arkansas News Bureau

October 22, 2002

10/22/02 Attack On Internet Called Largest Ever- WA Post

10/22/02 New Mexicans Question the Cost of Conservation - Albuquerque Journal

10/22/02 In honor of the 'real' land stewards - poem by Julie Kay Smithson

10/22/02 Weyerhaeuser reports 86 percent drop in profits, will close two mills - Seattle P-I

10/22/02 Clallam County Home Rule Charter Ballot Issues Explained by Chairman by Dave Cummins, Chairman of the Clallam County Charter Review Commission

10/22/02 Our tax dollars pay for the parks; now we're required to pay more to get into them by Julie Kay Smithson

10/22/02 The UN plan for your mental health - by Berit Kjos

October 21, 2002

10/21/02Wild lands face challenge from valley growth - Conservation plan for four-refuge complex to consider urban impact - LVRJ

10/21/02Candidates Square Off in Sequim by Lois Perry, Citizen Review Online

10/21/02EDITORIAL: Green terrorism? LVRJ

10/21/02U.S. loses shirts to overseas plants -Company that clothed Civil War soldiers sews on its last `Made in the USA' label -Spokesman Review

10/21/02Goodyear to cut 480 jobs in Lincoln by 2003 - Omaha World Herald

10/21/02Spokane plant to lose 300 jobs -The Olympian

10/21/02Global monitoring alliances set: USGS Introduces A Web-Searchable Database of Environmental Methods

10/21/02Court bolsters Clinton national monuments -AP

10/21/02Candidates respond to questions about the Constitution - from Thom Satterlee of Freedom County, WA

October 20, 2002

10/20/02Klamath salmon run is strong -- Wild stock and hatchery chinook are healthy, big fish - The Pioneer Press

10/20/02Plan would buy Klamath farms' water -The Oregonian

10/20/02Sawgrass Rebellion: Property rights the focus of rally -Naples News

10/20/02Okanogan County moves to amend shoreline rule - Methow Valley News

10/20/02State eyes purchase of Early Winters land - Methow Valley News

10/20/02WA Supreme Court races pit conservative vs. liberal, experience vs. upstart -AP

10/20/02An Overview of Referendum 51 by Eric Montague, Policy Analyst, Washington Policy Center

10/20/02Evergreen Freedom Foundation tackles Referendum 51

10/20/02Eyman, Talmadge: Odd couple offer to fill leadership void -David Ammons, AP

10/20/02Eyman predicts I-776 approval - Everett Herald

10/20/02Some S.D. counties list more voters than adults -Dewey, Ziebach among 26 counties showing surplus - Aberdeen News

10/20/02Report: Hundreds of Navy PCs missing -Cnet

10/20/02Government, NY Times Join Forces to Evict Business Owners -CNS News

10/20/02A Country Girl’s Musin’-The Wildlands Project Comes to Hidalgo County (Part 5) By Judy Keeler

10/20/02 Seattle: Is traffic easing up these days? -Seattle Times

October 19, 2002

10/19/02 Rancher disappointed by sage grouse study - Capital Press

10/19/02 Armed group on Conservancy ranch seizes pot - Tucson Citizen

10/19/02 It's Nat'l Water Monitoring Day - Tucson Citizen

October 18, 2002

10/18/02 Candidates Square Off in Sequim by Lois Perry, Citizen Review Online

10/18/02 - California water deal key step to resolve Colorado River dispute - AP

10/18/02 A local view: Home Rule will give control to voters-The Columbian

10/18/02 - Boeing expects more job loss - Seattle P-I

10/18/02 -A Foundering Civilization - Population levels are declining at an alarming rate by Robert de Marcellus, Human Life Review

10/18/02 - This Friday's "Give Me a Break" is about that famous $200 billion tobacco settlement

October 17, 2002

10/17/02 - Sawgrass Update: NAPLES, Florida – Saw Grass Rebellion Rally Plan is Ready

10/17/02 - EDITORIAL: Accounting scandals Federal budget director finds hundreds of billions of tax dollars just plain missing - LV Review Journal

10/17/02 Candidate forum set for Friday in Sequim

10/17/02 - Ruling on New Mexico Silvery Minnow Enters Water Dispute - Las Cruces Sun-News

10/17/02 A Country Girl’s Musin’ - The Wildlands Project Comes to Hidalgo County, Parts 3 & 4 by Judy Keeler

10/17/02 Letter to the Editor: Initiative 776 and Referendum 51 - Sharon Shumate

October 16, 2002

10/16/02 Turf war keeps the final link of long trail in limbo -Seattle Times

10/16/02 A Country Girl’s Musin’ - The Wildlands Project Comes to Hidalgo County, Parts 1 & 2 by Judy Keeler

10/16/02 Activists invited to participate in Sawgrass Rebellion as it moves forward - Citizens for a Sound Economy

October 15, 2002

10/15/02 CENTRAL KITSAP: Commissioner candidates debate Smart Growth - Bremerton Sun

10/15/02 Harris Ranch developers consider wildlife, wetlands - Foothills-to-river corridors are to be built for animals -The Idaho Statesman

10/15/02 Sequim: Group sues city over rezoning for shopping center- PDN

October 14, 2002

10/14/02 Snohomish County to consider more housing density -Seattle Times

10/14/02 Vancouver, WA: Agency criticizes study on gateway -The Columbian

10/14/02 Pipeline opens land for ranchers, elk herd - The Missoulian

10/14/02 - Citizen Groups Endorse Alexander for Position 4 – Supreme Court

10/14/02 Initiative's bottom line seen differently; Eyman says I-776 is about forcing a re-vote on Sound Transit's Seattle-area light rail - The News Tribune

10/14/02 -Southwest Snohomish County - City to turn farm into park -Seattle Times

October 12, 2002

10/12/02 -PGE will remove 2 dams in basin of Sandy River -The Oregonian

10/12/02 -Interior Orders Land Exchange Review - LV Sun

10/12/02 -Job market in low gear- Experts predict slow growth in California until later in 2003 - Sacramento Bee

10/12/02 -Thousands drop out of Idaho’s labor force - Analysts at odds over meaning, validity of figures -The Idaho Statesman

10/12/02 -Constitution and common law - Anger in wheat country -Spokesman-Review

October 11, 2002

10/11/02 -WA Farm Bureau says proposed RMAPS changes don't go far enough

10/11/02 -Petitions seek access to Columbia River water - Capital Press

10/11/02 -Startling facts in DOT's 2003-05 budget - No funds available to manage "largest infrastructure project in the nation" -EFF

10/11/02 -Charge It! Defense Dept. Can't Keep Credit Card Spending in Check - John Stossel, ABC News

10/11/02 -People Perish for Lack of Knowledge by April Shenandoah for Sierra Times

10/11/02 -Buffer zones guard land against development - Capital Press

10/11/02 -Peppergrass Endangered Species Act debate rises-Capital Press

10/11/02 -Rivers still closed to steelhead fishing - state just waiting for federal approval despite huge runs - Methow Valley News

10/11/02 -Sale helps preserve Deer Creek Hills - Conservationists, county hope to get federal help for funding - Sacramento Bee

10/11/02 -Planners dig into big-city dilemmas - New urban status in Kootenai County requires decisions on public transit -Spokane Review

October 10, 2002

10/10/02 -Environmentalist's Warning of Coming Ice Age Labeled 'Bunk' - CNS

10/10/02 -Idaho eyes air quality regs - Capital Press

10/10/02 -Forget the Seattle Way-- Try My Way - What would it be like if "Mayor Eyman" were in charge? You may be surprised. by Tim Eyman, for the Seattle Weekly

10/10/02 -Commentary: He Is We - Times are tough, but it's not Eyman's fault - Seattle Weekly

10/10/02 -Clallam: County facing `significant' layoffs in 2003 - PDN

10/10/02 -Lawyers want environmental law preserved -King 5 News

10/10/02 -At IslandWood, kids learn from the land - Children taught 'sustainability' - King 5 News

10/10/02 -Living Wage Ordinances, from Small Business Tips Today by Rick Fields

10/10/02 -Wireless Technology, a blessing or a threat? - Khouse.org

10/10/02 -West Coast ports reopen - Cargo backlog could take months to clear -Longshoremen walk through the gate at the Matson shipping terminal in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday - MSN

October 8, 2002

10/8/02 -Nature Conservancy gets grant to help purchase Cagney Ranch - S.D. Union-Tribune

10/8/02 -Recreational water rights at issue - Court hears challenge in Golden case - Denver Post

10/8/02 -Waging War on the Lunchbox - By Graham Strachan, for News with Views

10/8/02 -Then....U.S. EPA administrator takes declaration of the 1998 Children's International Ground Water Summit in Europe (5/98)

10/8/02 -And now...Global Warming’s Uncertain Future - A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency includes a notable departure from the last six years (9/02)

10/8/02 -Olympia: Latest student head counts surprise local school districts -The Olympian

October 7, 2002

10/7/02 -New wilderness area gets key Senate backing - Wild Sky supporters hope to get bill passed before Congress adjourns -Everett Herald

10/7/02 -Klamath:Fish kill declines; river temperatures drop - Death to salmon caused by high temps, say experts - Capital Press

10/7/02 -WA Attorney General files suit against NEA - EFF

10/7/02 -R-51: Gridlock relief or a jobs program? by Lynn Harsh, EFF

October 6, 2002

10/6/02 -Corps of Engineers repairs dike, builds woody debris habitat for Fish & Wildlife which could cause problems for River's End properties by Sue Forde, Editor, Citizen Review Online

10/6/02 -Estuary Restoration: Gorst overhaul gains momentum - Grant to buy tidelands, construct trails - Bremerton Sun

10/6/02 -For Eastern Washington, R-51 is a transfer of wealth -AP

10/6/02 -Major media tells only what it wants people to think and believe -TRACKSIDE by John D’Aloia Jr.

10/6/02 -Alexander runs as write-in candidate for State Supreme Court Justice by Sue Forde, Citizen Review

10/6/02 -Managing the masses through global standards - Berit Kjos, for News with Views

10/6/02 -Initiative 6 goes to appeals court: Citizens claim right under Constitution has been sidestepped by unelected board by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

October 5, 2002

10/5/02 - Sawgrass Rebellion rekindled

10/5/02 - Federal Government Sells Seized Cattle Amid Dispute Over Tribal Rights - AP

10/5/02 - Senate OKs wilderness area proposal -The Olympian

10/5/02 - Oregon high court overturns property compensation measure - The Olympian

Montana high court extends water rights to fish and recreation - The Olympian

10/5/02 - Lockout shuts down West Coast ports - Capital Press

10/5/02 - Plant Closures Inevitable, Even if Ports Reopen, Business Leaders Warn - AP

10/5/02 - Twisp eyes grants for water system - Town can't get permission for more water use from state, needs to build senior housing, industrial park - Methow Valley News

October 4, 2002

10/4/02 - WA: State loses shoreline rules case - AP

10/4/02 - “We’re not ‘willing sellers’ say River’s End property owners by Mark Thomas

10/4/02 Colo: Jeffco stores soon to require fingerprints for all check and credit card purchases - 9News

10/4/02 Major property-rights rally canceled in Florida (Sawgrass Rebellion): Unable to obtain required permits to protest government land-grabs - by Henry Lamb, for WND

10/4/02 We can't fiddle while the West burns by Gale A. Norton, U.S. Secretary of the Interior

October 2, 2002

10/2/02 PCC Farmland Fund Partners with State for Wildlife - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife buys wetlands, conservation easement

10/2/02 The Liberal Brainwashing of our Children - by Sheriff Michael E. Cook for Sierra Times

10/2/02 Water managers hold off on Heron after judge rules Endangered Species Act trumps all other laws in times of drought - Albuquerque Tribune

October 1, 2002

10/1/02 Youth launches website to help educate young people about beef and dairy industries

10/1/02 New law means more federal rules can be challenged-Cox News

10/1/02 Rally for Environmental Realism - ESA is 'bad law' and doesn't recognize human values - PLF

10/1/02 U.N. HEADQUARTERS SET FOR $1B REVAMP -NYPost